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Northern Cygnus Widefield

#1 excathedra

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Posted 13 May 2008 - 01:59 AM

This was the second image I shot out at Little Blair Valley last Saturday. Due to a rapidly brightening morning twilight sky, I only got 30 minutes of exposure before having to call it quits. It looks like it was enough in this case. Lots of nebulosity in this area - and too many stars.

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#2 turbo-1

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Posted 13 May 2008 - 07:24 AM

That has a nice 3-D look to it Chris. You're having fun with that Nikon lens!

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#3 budguinn

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Posted 13 May 2008 - 08:16 AM

love it

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#4 Lon K. Shelton

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Posted 13 May 2008 - 10:00 AM

Very Very Nice, Chris :yahoo:

Like you said - lots of nebulosity and "too many stars"

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#5 Paramount

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Posted 13 May 2008 - 10:04 AM

Hi
That is very nice, it is nice to see somebody else doing some widefields, gives a real sense of scale that juscan't be portrayed in a close up. This field is one of targets for the summer, I am going to try a 135mm or 200mm camera lens on my Starlight Xpress H36 witha Ha filter on this area.
Best wishes
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Posted 13 May 2008 - 12:29 PM

ANother very nice WF Chris !

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Posted 13 May 2008 - 03:49 PM

Fantastic image, Chris. There can never be too many stars!

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